Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL,
The Senate Refuses to Accept the House
Fisheries Bill Amendments and Ap.
points Conference Committee.
The House sustains the Presidents Veto of
tho Dependent Pensions Bill by
Vote of I.5 to I25.
MIX CONGRESS.

THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The Hous,
substitute for the fishery retaliation bill
was disagreed to and conference asked
Edmunds, Frye ard Morgan were ap
pointed Senate conferees.
A resolution declaring the Senate
chosen President pro TEN of the Senat,
was laid over until tomorrow
The House bill to extend the laws o
the United Ststes over certain unorgan
lied territory south OF the state of Kan
sas, passed with amendments.
the Senate bill to authorize the con
struction of a railroad bridge over the
Mississippi river at Grand Tower, H.
was taken from the calender. Amend
ments were agreed to requiring The prin
cipal span to be sixty five feet and the
other spans to be tlfty-hve feet, and the
bill passed.
The Senate then proceeded to consider.
alton of the Senate bill to extirpate con.
taSious pli ur0-pneumcnia, foot and
mouth disease, and riuderpest among
cattle, and to facilitate the expectation OF
cattle and the products of live stock, but
without definite action the Senate ad-
iourned
THE HoU SE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81 The Speaker
laid before the House message from the
President, returning without. his approval
the bill granting pension to Anthony
McRobertson, increasing pensions of Ma
gGret L. Jones and Lou n Barrett and
for the relief Of William H. Morehauser
Referred to the appriate committee.
MEgSrS Randall EDrnpU ann Roam vCara
appointed couferees on the sundry civil ap-
preparation blli.
On motion of Mr.. Bragg of Wisconsin
the Senate amendments to the military
academy appropriation bill were con-
Cured in.
In pursuance of au order made yesterday
Mr.. Blount of Georgia called up the re-
port Of the committee of the whole on the
Senate amendment to the postofIice ap-
preparation bill. Tie first three Senate
amendments were conCurred in. The
fourth amendment, proposition appro-
prlating S5O0,00 TO enable the Postmas-
ter-General 10 contract for CARRYING
foreign mails on American vessels to Cen
tral and South America, non recurrence
was recommended.
Nr. Burrows OF Michigan moved that
the House concur in the Senate amend
ment. Lost-yeas, 1870; nays, l57. Sew
cntcen Democrats voted in the afirma-
tive, and sixteen Republicans voted in the
negative.
The amendment was then non corcurred
in ard conference ordered.
Mr.. MatsOn Of Indiana called up the
dependent pension bill, with the veto
message of the President thereon.
1t was agreed the debate should run
until 4 o'clyc5. when the previous ques-
lion should be considered as ordered.
long debate then took place, which
Was participated in by nearly twenty
members, about equally divided as to
politics, and some strong speeches were
made on both sides.
Mr.. Matson of Iadiana closed the de-
bate. He believed it to be his duty as
legislator to ask the House to pass this
bill over the veto Of the President. He
had been asked by the gentleman from
lows, Mr.. Hepburn, whether the Presi-
dent had ever sigued petition asking
that pension DE granted to all
soldiers of the late war. He held
in his hand q petition drawn up in 1884,
which was 100 long to read now. 1t was
numerously signed, and, in substance,
asked that a pension of at least SIS per
month be granted TO all hOnorably dis
charged soldiers. Il contained this in
dorSement: 81 am sure that the sub
iect of this petition is worthy Of the
prompt and careful consideration of Con-
gress, and fullest justice should be done
the parties in whose interest this move
neat is made.
Signed "GROVER CLEVELAND"
As Mr.. Matson concluded nearly every
Republican was on his feet, and as Mr..
MatsOn finished reading the Endorsement
. loud burst OF applause came up from
the Republican side of the chamber.
The question WAS then put, "Will tn
House, upon reconsideration, pass the
bill, the Presidents objection to the con-
trary Notwithstanding" tnl it was de-
cided in the negative-yes, l15: nays,
1875; not the constitutional two-tk Is in
the affirmative.
The vote by which the bill originally
passed the House was 1870 70 IS. 1t ap-
pears the following named members, all
Democrats, changed their votes on the
measure: Adams Of New York, Ba-
con, Burns, Cobb, Curtin, Dawson,
Dcueherty, Eden, Ermeurout, Fisher,
Gay, Gibson, Hall, Huch, Hill, Morri
son, Cultivate, McAdoo, Scott, Sey-
mour, SAaw, Sowden, Springer, Stahl-
necker, Stone Of Missouri, VIele, Ward
Of Indiana ana A. j. Warner OF Ohio.
Oh, Upon the announcement Of the vote
there was applause on the Democratic
side and Kisses sad gEoans from the ad-
yocates of the bill.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the naval bill, but with
out completing it adjourned.